Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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To know a persons religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. – Eric Hoffer

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Faith
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Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story — a story that is basically without meaning or pattern. – Eric Hoffer

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Storytelling
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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. – Eric Hoffer

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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power

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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power

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius

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power

The only power you have is the word no. – Frances McDormand

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power

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How can the Church be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in the visible? – John W. Draper

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